BTR PLC - Holding in Company

RNS No 9401r
BTR PLC
12th February 1998


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BTR plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Templeton Investment Management Ltd

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Includes segregated funds managed for clients

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Registered Holder                No. of Shares               % of Class

Chase Nominees Ltd               184,493,400                    4.5104
Barclays Bank                     13,842,039                    0.3384
Bankers Trust Company              2,203,700                    0.0539
Northern Trust Company             5,227,000                    0.1278
State Street Nominees Ltd         16,734,200                    0.4091
Bank of New York Nominees          6,093,700                    0.1490
Citibank Nominees Ltd              1,581,311                    0.0387
Merrill Lynch                      3,446,300                    0.0843
Bank of Scotland                   1,025,000                    0.0251
Cede & Company                     6,965,588                    0.1703
Midland Bank PLC                  10,297,100                    0.2517

TOTAL                            251,909,338                    6.1585

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
251,909,338

6   Percentage of issued class:
6.1585

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Class of security:
Ordinary 25p shares

10  Date of transaction:
11 February 1998

11  Date company informed:
12 February 1998

12  Total holding following this notification:
251,909,338

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
6.1585

14  Contact name for queries:
Rachel Spencer

15 Contact telephone number:
0171 821 3749

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Rachel Spencer

17  Date of notification:
12 February 1998


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